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The Henry County High School football team starts practice next Tuesday, July 14, at 8:30 a.m. at the high school’s fieldhouse. All players must have a completed physical to participate. The Wildcats are coached by Chris Engstrand.

HCHS Volleyball

The Henry County High School volleyball team will start tryouts on Wednesday, July 15, at 3 p.m. in the new gym inside HCHS. Players must have a completed physical form before tryouts.

It all began in October 2006 with a wound in my foot that wouldn’t heal. I have diabetes — plus asthma, advanced arthritis in both knees, spinal stenosis and stents in my thigh and heart to open blocked arteries.

I returned to work, but retired in December 2007 because I couldn’t work on crutches and had no energy. Meanwhile, a sunburn on my shin became infected, causing a deep painful wound that took nine months to heal. “Life” consisted of medical appointments and procedures.

State officials have issued a quarantine for 20 counties, including Henry, regulating the transportation of firewood and ash tree products in an effort to stop the spread of the emerald ash borer.

The quarantine, announced last week by State Entomologist John Obrycki, “prohibits the movement of all firewood derived from hardwood species, ash nursery stock, green ash logs and any other materials that present a threat of the artificial spread of the emerald ash borer.”

Joining a training camp in Ohio last month, followed by trips to Guatemala and Honduras through the Athletes in Action Sports Ministry program, it has been one busy summer for Larry Farmer. But it’s a summer he will not want to forget.

The recent death of the famous entertainer has saddened me. Of course, I would never diminish the severity or shamefulness of indiscretions with children, but while such acts are reprehensible, we can only speculate about whether those accusations against the superstar were true. What I lament is the untimely death of a very talented man, and what bothers me most is the emotional deprivation he suffered in his youth, which obviously haunted him all his life.

Sitting down during his normal pre-game routine just before the start of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association baseball tournament in Berea, Travis Martin was so surprised he was named to the KIAC Second-Team that he wasn’t even ready to receive his award. But, after his name was called, the Asbury College sophomore quickly put on his cleats, stood up and hurriedly walked over to receive the award.

For the 2007 Henry County High School graduate who turned a rocky start at Asbury into landing a starting position in less than two years, it was a shocker.

I had already decided to write my column this week about a wiffleball game I had been planning the last couple of months. With the anticipation of the game in mind for a while now, I had envisioned some good story lines — maybe I would pitch a no-hitter or hit a game-winning homer. Heck, I thought about taping the game and making a highlight reel, maybe the top-10 plays. I was ready.